The data linked notes that a typical kitchen vent hoods only somewhat reduce benzene levels. I expect that’s because it’s cheap and noisy and ineffective, as an

The data linked notes that a typical kitchen vent hoods only somewhat reduce benzene levels. I expect that’s because it’s cheap and noisy and ineffective, as any rental apartment’s over-eager smoke detectors are happy confirm. Modern homes with little or no fresh air exchange are incompatible with open fire cooking, and vent hoods are not enough. Benzene levels after gas cooking are just another, somewhat more cancerous, reiteration of that point.